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but in new york city we are the safest big city in the country, and have relatively few murders per capita and one reason is we have some of the strongest gun laws in the country. but 85% of the guns found in new york city came from somewhere else. one state's weak gun laws affect everybody else's crime rate. >> jennifer: yep. today president obama made this announcement today. >> i have asked the vice president to lead an effort that including members of my cabinet and outside organizations to come up with a set of concrete proportionals no later than january, proposals that i then intend to push without delay. >> jennifer: so he is probably going to put some stuff in his state of the union. what do you expect to come out of the task force? >> the president said a lot of good things and it's fantastic, by the way that he chose vice president biden who is about as smart on these issues and as attuned to law enforcement as anybody in government. but we think the first and best thing you can do is make sure everybody gets a background check. right now something like 40 to 50% of people who b
but in new york city we are the safest big city in the country, and have relatively few murders per capita and one reason is we have some of the strongest gun laws in the country. but 85% of the guns found in new york city came from somewhere else. one state's weak gun laws affect everybody else's crime rate. >> jennifer: yep. today president obama made this announcement today. >> i have asked the vice president to lead an effort that including members of my cabinet and outside...
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how surprised were you by the conditions on the ground in new york city. >> i was shocked. i got there several days after hurricane sandy had hit and the rockaways were destroyed. one woman who lived six houses in from the ocean told me she never had an ocean view until sandy had hit. the destruction was incredible. the difference is in africa you have chronic problems people have learned to cope with over time. but the rockaways were an acute disaster, and coping mechanisms were not in place. three weeks later 40% of the people still didn't have heat. 30% i still didn't have electricity, and 20% were still with functional phone lines and there weren't mechanisms in how to deal with these things. >> jennifer: you've been to africaish and you wouldn't expect this in the united states. was that hard? >> um, yeah, it was pretty difficult. we surveyed people and spent the whole day talk talking to people, and having them lose their entire life in a night was difficult. i ran into who women who had infants at home. to cope with the heat they had gas burners on all day with their
how surprised were you by the conditions on the ground in new york city. >> i was shocked. i got there several days after hurricane sandy had hit and the rockaways were destroyed. one woman who lived six houses in from the ocean told me she never had an ocean view until sandy had hit. the destruction was incredible. the difference is in africa you have chronic problems people have learned to cope with over time. but the rockaways were an acute disaster, and coping mechanisms were not in...
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. >> in the aftermath of the unphattible eventsunfathomable events in kansas city. this really puts everything in perspective. if so that perspective has a short shelf life since we'll hear about the perspective we'll regain the next time ugly reality intrudes upon our games. those who need tragedies to recalibrate their sense of proportion with sports would seem to have little hope of truly achieving perspective. >> cenk: i love that. it goes beyond saying he's right, this gives us perspective, and then we forget that lesson. but it applies to the lessons learned from any of these tragedyies. speak of any tragedies the other side said you politicize things. >> ensures more and more domestic disputes will end in the ultimate tragedy and more convenient store confrontations will leave more teenage boys bloodied and dead. handguns do not enhance our safety. they bring out flews and bait us in embracing confrontation rather than avoiding it. in the coming days, this is what he i believe. if javon belcher did not own a gun, he and cassandra perkins would be alive today.
. >> in the aftermath of the unphattible eventsunfathomable events in kansas city. this really puts everything in perspective. if so that perspective has a short shelf life since we'll hear about the perspective we'll regain the next time ugly reality intrudes upon our games. those who need tragedies to recalibrate their sense of proportion with sports would seem to have little hope of truly achieving perspective. >> cenk: i love that. it goes beyond saying he's right, this gives us...
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stop and frisk and the other things that they do wrong to people in the city. i like this guy. for this, i applaud him. but let's not go too far and say, nypd is awesome. look at what police officers did for someone. this is a good situation. who took that picture? why is it everywhere. >> it was just like a tourist. >> i understand. >> cenk: so they claim. >> that's the conspiracy? >> cenk: that's the conspiracy. >> they need love for nypd. there was a bad stretch. >> i lost my dad many years ago but my dad was a cop in new york. so it makes me happy. >> cenk: and we're playing around. i know who took the pictures. a come from arizona and she sent it to nypd. they did put it up on the facebook page, because this is awesome p.r. this is jayar's point, but credit to him. he didn't do it for p.r. reasons, bless his heart. we'll take a quick break and when we come back we'll go away from heartwarming and we'll go to elbows. this is going to be fun. find out who it is. at cepacol we've heard people are going to extremes to relieve their sore throats. oh, okay, you
stop and frisk and the other things that they do wrong to people in the city. i like this guy. for this, i applaud him. but let's not go too far and say, nypd is awesome. look at what police officers did for someone. this is a good situation. who took that picture? why is it everywhere. >> it was just like a tourist. >> i understand. >> cenk: so they claim. >> that's the conspiracy? >> cenk: that's the conspiracy. >> they need love for nypd. there was a bad...
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city and also around the country. tomorrow in times square, we're going to be meeting up not with just fast food workers but carwash workers and supermarket workers to continue this movement. i think there will be more of this into the future and hopefully it spreads across the country. >> jennifer: so is the umbrella union that's partnering with you the seiu, the service employees international union? >> there is a coalition of community organizations clergy, elected officials labor unions, they're all working together to make sure fast food workers get a living wage and the right to form a union. >> jennifer: all right. linda, when you were striking, did you fear -- were you afraid you would lose your job? what were the discussions among your coworkers? >> no. i wasn't afraid at all. because right now presently i'm on $8 an hour. that's more than what some of the other workers are making and i just didn't feel like i had nothing to lose. i just want a better life. >> jennifer: you are making $8 an hour and you felt
city and also around the country. tomorrow in times square, we're going to be meeting up not with just fast food workers but carwash workers and supermarket workers to continue this movement. i think there will be more of this into the future and hopefully it spreads across the country. >> jennifer: so is the umbrella union that's partnering with you the seiu, the service employees international union? >> there is a coalition of community organizations clergy, elected officials...
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that's what you get in new york city if you commit a minor offense. >> eliot: it strikes me that the next time an assistant united states attorney is in front of a jury with some poor sha lub caught with some low-level amount of drugs, they should utter hsbc. they let off and this poor guy is going to jail. >> if the law doesn't apply equal toy everybody, you don't have a system of law. until you have a built-in defense for everybody and if i get caught with marijuana you're going to send me to jail for this where a guy who laundered a billion dollars for a bunch of murders gets nothing? >> eliot: it shows you how the system has not changed since '08. look when i was attorney general, we brought a lot of cases. many were civil. we settled a lot of case but we have all learned something. the banks have not changed. the behavior is not -- if i'm the ceo of a bank, hey, guys go out there. we're being told go do this because the most that will happen is we'll pay a little fine. this is little in the context of the money. >> it is not even their money that they're losing. partially defer
that's what you get in new york city if you commit a minor offense. >> eliot: it strikes me that the next time an assistant united states attorney is in front of a jury with some poor sha lub caught with some low-level amount of drugs, they should utter hsbc. they let off and this poor guy is going to jail. >> if the law doesn't apply equal toy everybody, you don't have a system of law. until you have a built-in defense for everybody and if i get caught with marijuana you're going...
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. >> new york, the high-tech resilient city. just don't get us wet. what the hell was that? >> that's from my upcoming benefit for victims of hurricane sandy. i booked the strongest, smartest comics i could find. my comedian friends and i will raise money to rebuild homes and lives one laugh at a time. >> awe damn, the lights are out! you know what? i'll watch a little television until they come back on. >> only on current tv. >> eliot: on the 18 -- only 18 days remain until we go over the so-called fiscal cliff and with congress once again heading home after another grueling two-day work week, president obama met once again with speaker boehner. while the president keeps talking about revenues, speaker boehner focuses on expenditures and it is hard to tell if any progress is being made. the main sticking point remains over the issue of tax rates for the wealthy. but according to a recent poll, 76% of the country including 61% of republicans agree that raising tax on the wealthy should be part of any fiscal deliver deal. for more, let's bring in edward kenard, former partner
. >> new york, the high-tech resilient city. just don't get us wet. what the hell was that? >> that's from my upcoming benefit for victims of hurricane sandy. i booked the strongest, smartest comics i could find. my comedian friends and i will raise money to rebuild homes and lives one laugh at a time. >> awe damn, the lights are out! you know what? i'll watch a little television until they come back on. >> only on current tv. >> eliot: on the 18 -- only 18 days...
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in the city. he will start at cnn early in the new year >> bill: congratuations, jake and and it may be the president won't have to worry about getting such disrespectful questions from him any more. >> he won't be in the briefing room any more. >> jonathan karl is going to take his place. >> jimmy kimmel spoke out about his big move abc moving the start time of his late night comedy show to 11:35. he will go head to head with letterman and leno. he is like the character jason pops up with a hatchet just when it seems like he is a goner referring to the rumors that he might be out of a job in two years. >> bill: kimmel on the rise. >> dan: a former olympic runner made an interesting revelation yesterday. susie hamilton, best known for collapsing durn the 150 ohm meter event back in the sidney games admitted to living a double life. she has been spending her evenings as an escort smoking gun found this out and said she was charging 600 bucks an hour for her services and that she was living the esco
in the city. he will start at cnn early in the new year >> bill: congratuations, jake and and it may be the president won't have to worry about getting such disrespectful questions from him any more. >> he won't be in the briefing room any more. >> jonathan karl is going to take his place. >> jimmy kimmel spoke out about his big move abc moving the start time of his late night comedy show to 11:35. he will go head to head with letterman and leno. he is like the character...
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kim coles will be performing tonight at gotham comedy club here in new york city. and it is to benefit the victims of hurricane sandy so you have to go check that out. the stars of the hit abc series scandal tony goldwyn. we'll be right alright, in 15 minutes we're going to do the young turks. i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they know that i'm not bs'ing them with some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know that i'm going to be the first one to call them out. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us. ♪ we were skipping stones and letting go ♪ ♪ over the river and down the road ♪ [ female announcer ] at nature valley we know nature comes together in amazing ways. that's why we bring together natural ingredients, like dark chocolate with toasted oats, or sweet golden honey. perfect combinations of nature's delicious ingredients from nature v
kim coles will be performing tonight at gotham comedy club here in new york city. and it is to benefit the victims of hurricane sandy so you have to go check that out. the stars of the hit abc series scandal tony goldwyn. we'll be right alright, in 15 minutes we're going to do the young turks. i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they know that i'm not bs'ing them with some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the...
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getting ready for the game, the wizards trying to finish the year on a high note in the windy city. and rg3 trying to end the season on a high note, spectacular fashion tomorrow. redskins countdown coming up. >> and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. >> the wizards are like the walking wounded. now, and not just from the 4-24 record. jordan crawford the latest casualty, sitting out the game in chicago with a left ankle injury. washington kept a close. the third quarter okafor gets the pass and hit the jumper, part of an 11-0 run. fourth quarter just look at butler. baseline, nothing but net. the bulls with a nine-point lead 87-77, they win. the navy midshipmen off to a rocky start of the season, winning seven of their last eight, but the clock struck midnight tonight at the craft comparable. -- at the kraft hunger bowl. the offense, no chance, taylor kelly, four touchdown passes, three of them to ross. that was one of them, 50-yard bomb. turn on the television, walk to the subway even look at a stop sign, rg3 is pretty much everywhere in washing
getting ready for the game, the wizards trying to finish the year on a high note in the windy city. and rg3 trying to end the season on a high note, spectacular fashion tomorrow. redskins countdown coming up. >> and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. >> the wizards are like the walking wounded. now, and not just from the 4-24 record. jordan crawford the latest casualty, sitting out the game in chicago with a left ankle injury. washington kept a...
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a lot of the laws that new jersey and new york city has. i was watching your show a couple of days ago and you had said when you want to adopt a puppy, they have to come and inspect your home. they should be allowed to come and inspect your home. if you have guns, your police chief should know it and be able to knock on your door on a tuesday afternoon and say ma'am i would like to check and see what you have in your home. if they're not locked up, you should be fined. >> stephanie: lauren, you raise a good point. that's why bloomberg makes good sense there. is cause and effect. there is a reason there is less gun violence in a huge city like new york city. right? >> caller: exactly. >> stephanie: you can't say oh, you can't ever stop it. yes, it does matter! there is direct cause and effect. lining we've been saying. -- like we've been saying. assault with assault weapons tripled when the ironically named assault weapons ban expired. it does help! there is something we can do. we can't throw up our arms and say there's nothing we can do. 2
a lot of the laws that new jersey and new york city has. i was watching your show a couple of days ago and you had said when you want to adopt a puppy, they have to come and inspect your home. they should be allowed to come and inspect your home. if you have guns, your police chief should know it and be able to knock on your door on a tuesday afternoon and say ma'am i would like to check and see what you have in your home. if they're not locked up, you should be fined. >> stephanie:...
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it also is one of the poorest cities. compare that to michigan overall which is at 16%, the 14% is the national figure. it is a sad picture, even more so because of flint's history as the center of the american manufacturing industry. it's the birthplace of this country's labor movement. in 1960, flint was michigan's second largest city 200,000 people. it also had a vibrant middle class, it's public school system was a model for the nation and that was due in large part to the strength of its labor unions and the large number of manufacturing workers living in flint. they took over a factory and they didn't leave until they reached a deal with management. workers occupied several general motor's plants. not for a day, a week but for month -- actually for longer than a month for 40-consecutive days and it worked. they got bargaining rights, and 40-hour workweek and a minimum wage. they had 100,000 people turned out in detroit to show their support for the striking workers in flint 100,000 people. and yesterday, 12,000 peop
it also is one of the poorest cities. compare that to michigan overall which is at 16%, the 14% is the national figure. it is a sad picture, even more so because of flint's history as the center of the american manufacturing industry. it's the birthplace of this country's labor movement. in 1960, flint was michigan's second largest city 200,000 people. it also had a vibrant middle class, it's public school system was a model for the nation and that was due in large part to the strength of its...
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at the rate of 30 something percent. mainly for nonviolent drug crimes. look at new york city. new york city in 2010 and 2011 was putting over 50,000 people -- arresting almost 50,000 people each year for just marijuana possession. okay. >> bill: yeah. >> 86% of those arrested were black and latino. >> bill: wow. >> in new york city. right. >> bill: so tell me a little -- tell us a little bit about leap. law enforcement against prohibition. so you are all law enforcement -- current or former law enforcement officers, correct? >> yes. the unique thing about our organization. we're a nonprofit international organization but the unique thing about our organization which is ten years old this year we spend the whole gambit of the law enforcement arena from first contact with police who make the arrest of individuals on the street. then to the prosecutors criminal prosecutors. we have judges, former judges who are members. then into corrections so we have correctional officers and prison wardens who are members. and then parole and probation. we even have federal agents. the entire
at the rate of 30 something percent. mainly for nonviolent drug crimes. look at new york city. new york city in 2010 and 2011 was putting over 50,000 people -- arresting almost 50,000 people each year for just marijuana possession. okay. >> bill: yeah. >> 86% of those arrested were black and latino. >> bill: wow. >> in new york city. right. >> bill: so tell me a little -- tell us a little bit about leap. law enforcement against prohibition. so you are all law...
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murder suicide in kansas city over the weekend. and in the middle east, more and more signs that the days of president assad of syria are numbered with the rebels gaining ground and now even russia intervening to say it's time that -- they're almost ready to say the time assad should step down getting close to it. on all fronts, we'll bring you the news of the day and get you involved to talk about it. hear what it means to you. give us a call at 1-866-55-press talk to us on twitter at bpshow and follow us on facebook, facebook.com/billpressshow to help us through the events of the day. someone who writes about them every day several times a day for "daily beast," michael tomasky, columnist for the "daily beast" joining us in studio. you write for so many publications. you also do some stuff for new york review, books? >> yeah. those are my main two things. >> bill: then you have democracy. >> democracy. journal of ideas. i'm the editor of it. i write for it once a year or something like that. very nice of you to mention democracy,
murder suicide in kansas city over the weekend. and in the middle east, more and more signs that the days of president assad of syria are numbered with the rebels gaining ground and now even russia intervening to say it's time that -- they're almost ready to say the time assad should step down getting close to it. on all fronts, we'll bring you the news of the day and get you involved to talk about it. hear what it means to you. give us a call at 1-866-55-press talk to us on twitter at bpshow...
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we have cloudy skies, that'ss, been the trends all day long, temperature here in the city isi at 40 degrees, okay? 36 for gate burger, frederick,fr mr., baltimore 39, leonard down, 34, and to the southwest in thee suburbs, culpeper, manassas, you are in the middle 30s. and temperatures will move down, but with the clouds, i think temperatures will still bebe staying pretty much in the mid-30 range for just everybody, maybe a little bit cooler outside the belt way, but not much, and the good news here, if you're going to be out and about, the winds will be light.t so you know how cutting the winds have been.ee one thing is for certain. 2013 is going to start offof chilly for us. the next several days, temperatures will be holding right about 40 degrees, give orr take a few degrees for highs.h so we're at 40 now. there's real cold stuff, to the north, fargo, north dakota,dak zero, international falls, minu 1, so an intrusion of very drydr cold arctic air coming down into canada, and there are indications that late in theth week, as we get toward thed latter part of the week, we might tap into
we have cloudy skies, that'ss, been the trends all day long, temperature here in the city isi at 40 degrees, okay? 36 for gate burger, frederick,fr mr., baltimore 39, leonard down, 34, and to the southwest in thee suburbs, culpeper, manassas, you are in the middle 30s. and temperatures will move down, but with the clouds, i think temperatures will still bebe staying pretty much in the mid-30 range for just everybody, maybe a little bit cooler outside the belt way, but not much, and the good...
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the third biggest onsale ever beating new york city. hello. let's see. right now entire orchestra section, more than half sold. down to 25 meet and greets. it is really -- >> four years ago we witnessed the first inauguration of president barack obama. ♪ like a virgin ♪ >> in november, america decided one term wasn't enough. ♪ do that to me one more time ♪ >> this time, stephanie and her team of two-term comics are coming to d.c. this make it think a party nobody will forget. on january 19th, two days before obama's second inauguration the comedy tour stars hal sparks, john fuglesang, aisha tyler and stephanie miller will perform at the warner theatre in washington, d.c. tickets are available at ticketmaster.com and if you want to skip the fees, stop by the warn he theatre box office at 513, 13th street northwest. the tea baggers lost in november so stephanie is going to do her thing before the inaugural ball. >> that means two things. >> that's "the stephanie miller show" sexy liberal comedy tour live in d.c. inauguration weekend. for more infor
the third biggest onsale ever beating new york city. hello. let's see. right now entire orchestra section, more than half sold. down to 25 meet and greets. it is really -- >> four years ago we witnessed the first inauguration of president barack obama. ♪ like a virgin ♪ >> in november, america decided one term wasn't enough. ♪ do that to me one more time ♪ >> this time, stephanie and her team of two-term comics are coming to d.c. this make it think a party nobody will...
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instead of waiting for the suburban kids to come into the cities the dealers have gone out to the suburbs. it just blows away these parents in the middle-class communities, the last drug inis unquote. okay, the u.s. war on drugs, that war was first declared by president richard nixon in 1971 with great public approval. since then, $1 trillion have been spent. that's according to "breaking the taboo" a film made by sam bronson, which debuted this week on youtube. the stats in the bronson movie are really sobering. the u.s. tops the list worldwide as the number one illegal drug user nation. i will repeat that. the u.s. tops the list it worldwide as the number one illegal drug user nation. half a million are in jail in the u.s. for breaking drug laws. on average, the u.s. spends $30,000 a year to imprison someone according to a pew survey. the film compares that to the 1- dz 1,000 the u.s. spends a year to educate a public schools student. two former american presidents, bill clinton and jimmy carter, have assessed the success of the war on drugs. >> obviously if the expected result was that
instead of waiting for the suburban kids to come into the cities the dealers have gone out to the suburbs. it just blows away these parents in the middle-class communities, the last drug inis unquote. okay, the u.s. war on drugs, that war was first declared by president richard nixon in 1971 with great public approval. since then, $1 trillion have been spent. that's according to "breaking the taboo" a film made by sam bronson, which debuted this week on youtube. the stats in the...
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they do not have the test scores in new york city. some people are relieved to hear that. but in dallas, the $2 to get the second graders to read more books. and also to help them read shorter books. [laughter] but the larger question -- the larger question and this has come out in some of the comments what would become of some of these kids later when no one is paying them to read? what worries many people, those that object seem to be that offering cash to a young person to read a book may actually get them to read that book but may teach them the wrong lesson out reading that the goal was to cultivate the love of learning. but then we hear a counter argument. yes, the goal is to cultivate the love of learning, but maybe if kids haven't been exposed to reading and learning in the the july of it that the money or the lower form of motivation a kickstart the habit and then the haven't might take and they will carry on reading for the love of it. that is the counter argument. and it's difficult to know in any given case, any given unit of a cash incentive with the effect wi
they do not have the test scores in new york city. some people are relieved to hear that. but in dallas, the $2 to get the second graders to read more books. and also to help them read shorter books. [laughter] but the larger question -- the larger question and this has come out in some of the comments what would become of some of these kids later when no one is paying them to read? what worries many people, those that object seem to be that offering cash to a young person to read a book may...
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level of violence in the city. so far this weekend four people including two children are dead. and at least 26 people have been wounded in weekend shootings. >> cenk: but our next guest said it's not because there are too many guns, but there are not enough guns in chicago. really? let's ask him. alan gottlieb chairman of the citizens for the right to keep and bear arms. alan, thank you for joining us. give us your best shot on telling us what is wrong with chicago's gun laws. >> chicago has a ban on than guns. it makes it impossible to have a gun. to have a permit in your home, you have to have range training, but you couldn't get to gun range training. and it's totally illegal for anybody in the city to carry a firearm loaded for self protection outside of your home. a case we just took to federal court and just the other day it was turned--hold on for a second. so nobody who is a legitimate law abiding person can defend themselves or have a gun. but you just gave a news report for how bad things are. that's wha
level of violence in the city. so far this weekend four people including two children are dead. and at least 26 people have been wounded in weekend shootings. >> cenk: but our next guest said it's not because there are too many guns, but there are not enough guns in chicago. really? let's ask him. alan gottlieb chairman of the citizens for the right to keep and bear arms. alan, thank you for joining us. give us your best shot on telling us what is wrong with chicago's gun laws. >>...
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it wasn't just the kids in new newtown, and you know this, governor, with all the great cities across new york and my great city and the youth violence that takes place almost daily because of gang and drug wars, and the senseless use of the actions where innocent children of victims are caught in cross fires. this has got to stop. every parent is crying out enough. >> eliot: congressman, i believe you were quoted today, and i hope i get this accurately, politics be damned. >> politics be damned. you're absolutely right. it is--that's the feeling i believe on the floor tonight too. there is a special order going on right now on the house--on the floor of the house of representatives, and i said there that in our--in the old chamber of the house was statue of the muse of history cleo, she sits there with pen and book recording how you act given your time in history. knowing that this time is fleeting. now is the time for us to act and when i think our governor malloy has been just outstanding. he along with the president he described, governor, the children last night, he was talking a
it wasn't just the kids in new newtown, and you know this, governor, with all the great cities across new york and my great city and the youth violence that takes place almost daily because of gang and drug wars, and the senseless use of the actions where innocent children of victims are caught in cross fires. this has got to stop. every parent is crying out enough. >> eliot: congressman, i believe you were quoted today, and i hope i get this accurately, politics be damned. >>...
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welcome to the big apple -- new york city. so, if your family's visiting for the holidays, here are some great things you can see and do. let's start at the top. you just can't beat the views from the observation deck of the empire state building. if you like to skate, the ice is nice at wollman's rink in central park. here's one tourist attraction that's good enough to eat. serendipity has fun food and its famous frozen hot chocolate. [ chuckling ] yum. new york is the theater capital of the world. a hot ticket is the christmas spectacular at radio city music hall. but one of the best shows in town is free -- the fantastic holiday windows, like these at ralph lauren. they draw lots of oohs and ahhs. >> look at that. [ gasps ] >> look at the dress. it's so pretty. >> and they draw you into the store, as well. how could i resist? they're all gifts, i promise. and of course, there's the giant tree at rockefeller center. so, let's recap. if you're visiting new york city this time of year, there's lots of fun things to do while yo
welcome to the big apple -- new york city. so, if your family's visiting for the holidays, here are some great things you can see and do. let's start at the top. you just can't beat the views from the observation deck of the empire state building. if you like to skate, the ice is nice at wollman's rink in central park. here's one tourist attraction that's good enough to eat. serendipity has fun food and its famous frozen hot chocolate. [ chuckling ] yum. new york is the theater capital of the...
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come home i'm a new york city my and the new york city and. there's no reason there's no because no one ever heard about our civilian. life. this is. a i guess delayed. police retired ok let's just be honest here for a moment for some people this is and justifiably so a battle about a police state since one nine hundred eighty the number of people in prison per capita in the united states has more than tripled we now in prison a greater percentage of our population than any other country in the world in fact the united states is only five percent of the world population has twenty five percent of the world's prison population in the u.s. one in every one hundred six white males aged eighteen or over is incarcerated for hispanic males that number is one in thirty six and one in fifteen black males over eighteen is currently in jail. between one thousand nine hundred seven and two thousand and seven state spending on incarceration related expenses increased one hundred twenty seven percent while spending on higher education during that same peri
come home i'm a new york city my and the new york city and. there's no reason there's no because no one ever heard about our civilian. life. this is. a i guess delayed. police retired ok let's just be honest here for a moment for some people this is and justifiably so a battle about a police state since one nine hundred eighty the number of people in prison per capita in the united states has more than tripled we now in prison a greater percentage of our population than any other country in the...
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to spend either at the federal or city level to do it right. but i'm sure it is something that a lot of municipal leaders and a lot of state leaders are thinking about and they should. it is also the case that part of the reason that we have historically low violent crime in new york city this year is that we have a very significant police force that experiments with technology and has at its disposal some of the strongest gun laws in the country because we understand you don't want people from other states where they'll hand you a concealed carry permit even if you can't satisfy basic training requirements to carry guns in our cities. so you know, i think it has to be a symphony of different things. and some things that are appropriate in new york may not be appropriate for those in montana but what works in new york is that we take the gun law seriously. we do do gun buybacks and we have a police force that takes finding illegal guns wherever they are in the city very, very seriously. >> eliot: one of the things that happened this past week o
to spend either at the federal or city level to do it right. but i'm sure it is something that a lot of municipal leaders and a lot of state leaders are thinking about and they should. it is also the case that part of the reason that we have historically low violent crime in new york city this year is that we have a very significant police force that experiments with technology and has at its disposal some of the strongest gun laws in the country because we understand you don't want people from...
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the promotion that new york city gets from times square new year's eve when the world is watching. that's priceless. >> reporter: and, that means lots of eyeballs for marketers. the big sponsors tonight, nivea, toshiba, philips and the ball's maker, waterford. >> first and foremost. this is a civic event and we needed partners who understood that the civic nature is the priority and if we could build there marketing goals into what is the tradition of the event then it works for everybody. >> reporter: tonight's star attraction weighs in at nearly 12,000 pounds, is made up of nearly 27,000 cut crystal panels and is worth an estimated $1 million. but the celebration isn't just great exposure for the sponsors. >> after the christmas holiday people come to new york city to be part of this big event and they are going to be here having a great time and spending their dollars which helps all of us that live and work here everyday. >> reporter: about one million people are expected to pack time's square for tonight's festivities and more than a billion people are expected to watch around
the promotion that new york city gets from times square new year's eve when the world is watching. that's priceless. >> reporter: and, that means lots of eyeballs for marketers. the big sponsors tonight, nivea, toshiba, philips and the ball's maker, waterford. >> first and foremost. this is a civic event and we needed partners who understood that the civic nature is the priority and if we could build there marketing goals into what is the tradition of the event then it works for...
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>> it's like the arguments some people, if you're going to the city and someone said, let's take the triboro bridge, and someone else says we have to take the tunnel. there is an intense argument. the route is what matters here. you have to look at it in historical terms. >> eliot: can i interrupt. >> midtown tunnel. nothing happens in the midtown tunnel. >> eliot: stay out of the midtown tunnel. >> the greatest legislative achievements, soldier social achievements over the last 80 years, and for the republicans the greatest achievements have been the bush tax cuts. each one wants to ask the other to part with that. obama is really insisting we're going to take this--we're going to do this austerity, but we're going to do it by making you give up the thing that you cherish most, the tax cuts for the wealthy. the republicans are saying they want to raise the medicare retirement age. they want to cut the formula for paying social security benefits. they want medicare. they're basically we want to take the greatest historic achievement of lyndon johnson fdr, we want to you sign off on c
>> it's like the arguments some people, if you're going to the city and someone said, let's take the triboro bridge, and someone else says we have to take the tunnel. there is an intense argument. the route is what matters here. you have to look at it in historical terms. >> eliot: can i interrupt. >> midtown tunnel. nothing happens in the midtown tunnel. >> eliot: stay out of the midtown tunnel. >> the greatest legislative achievements, soldier social achievements...
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the city has been completely leveled to the ground, and now we come, we offer this recognition, it's very lame. >> eliot: will we be in position to affect the outcome. let me state this as a premise. i take it as a premise that assad will fall at some point. his civil society is fallen. do you accept that premise. >> it was a year ago when the obama administration said bashar is a dead man walking. a year later we can see that this may be the end game, but it has nothing to do with what we do and what we say. and indeed president obama gave hillary clinton secretary of state to promise that the cavalry was on the way and they never showed up. >> eliot: what i heard was there was not much they could do to affect the dynamics of this revolution. >> they were skillful in the way they depicted this fight. the only thing we could do is to have boots on the ground. the syrian people did not want boots on the ground. they wanted help, a free fire zone and no-fly zone and they wanted help, and we offered none. we offered none. now that the syrian rebellion may be on the verge of victory we c
the city has been completely leveled to the ground, and now we come, we offer this recognition, it's very lame. >> eliot: will we be in position to affect the outcome. let me state this as a premise. i take it as a premise that assad will fall at some point. his civil society is fallen. do you accept that premise. >> it was a year ago when the obama administration said bashar is a dead man walking. a year later we can see that this may be the end game, but it has nothing to do with...
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we must change nobody knows disasters like comedians. >> new york, the high-tech resilient city. just don't get us wet. what the hell was that? >> that's from my upcoming benefit for victims of hurricane sandy. i booked the strongest, smartest comics i could find. my comedian friends and i will raise money to rebuild homes and lives one laugh at a time. >> awe damn, the lights are out! you know what? i'll watch a little television until they come back on. >> only on current tv. [ male announcer ] red lobster's hitting the streets to tell real people about our new 15 under $15 menu. oh my goodness! oh my gosh this looks amazing! [ male announcer ] our new maine stays! 15 entrees under $15 seafood, chicken and more! oo! the tilapia with roasted vegetables! i'm actually looking at the wood grilled chicken with portobello wine sauce. that pork chop was great! no more fast food friday's! we're going to go to red lobster. yep. [ male announcer ] come try our new menu and sea food differently! and introducing 7 lunch choices for just $7.99. salad, sandwiches, and more. >> now you know t
we must change nobody knows disasters like comedians. >> new york, the high-tech resilient city. just don't get us wet. what the hell was that? >> that's from my upcoming benefit for victims of hurricane sandy. i booked the strongest, smartest comics i could find. my comedian friends and i will raise money to rebuild homes and lives one laugh at a time. >> awe damn, the lights are out! you know what? i'll watch a little television until they come back on. >> only on...
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matter, apparently the big city people. >> cenk: that's interesting. we found if you're shooting up walls in the center of the middle of the country that's ok but in newtown where one of the major financial companies that owned the rifle company then all of a sudden, they got to sell off the company and it's not ok. it's an interesting point that you're making. now when you go to governor cuomo, look, nationwide, it's really hard to stop this, you know the energy companies. they've bought off so many politicians. new york is supposed to be a liberal state solidly blue. do you have a chance with cuomo here to get the right decision? >> i think we do have a chance. obviously, it's a big fight. i think the gas industry is taking advantage of the faction that we're in session now proposing it as a solution to disentanglement to the middle east and creating more jobs. the truths is as bill clinton said in 2011, you can create more jobs based on the german bank research, insurance company, you can create actually exponentially more jobs by retrofitting and i
matter, apparently the big city people. >> cenk: that's interesting. we found if you're shooting up walls in the center of the middle of the country that's ok but in newtown where one of the major financial companies that owned the rifle company then all of a sudden, they got to sell off the company and it's not ok. it's an interesting point that you're making. now when you go to governor cuomo, look, nationwide, it's really hard to stop this, you know the energy companies. they've bought...
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in cities. so as walmart is beginning to approach these urban municipalities saying hey we want to build a store i think you can expect that the gun issue is going to be a big talking point between the politicians and the store. >> eliot: the consumer pressure points are there and are real. sometimes consumers are hard to organize. on the other hand, the other avenue for organizing is investors. investors not so important with walmart because walmart is still owned and controlled to a great extent by the walton family. the example of cerberus, a hedge fund where the investors are pension funds entities that themselves have to worry about the public imagery of where they invest and so when it became clear that cerberus owned the company that makes the ar-15 the entity is the pension funds that invested in cerberus decided hey, we don't want to be doing that. you get calisters going to cerberus saying get out of this line of business or we'll pull our money. that seems to be another perhaps easier
in cities. so as walmart is beginning to approach these urban municipalities saying hey we want to build a store i think you can expect that the gun issue is going to be a big talking point between the politicians and the store. >> eliot: the consumer pressure points are there and are real. sometimes consumers are hard to organize. on the other hand, the other avenue for organizing is investors. investors not so important with walmart because walmart is still owned and controlled to a...
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that allows the republican party more roof to maneuver out from under the whip that grover norquist west valley cities around their ears. >> eliot: you say if we're going to confront our deficits, healthcare cost is the tough nut on this issue. how do you begin to confront that issue. >> the attack on medicare that the republicans bring is a fundamental misdiagnosis of our healthcare problem. if you look at our healthcare system across the country we're the most inefficient place in the world, 18% of gdp. most inefficient in any other industrialized country is 12%. we don't deliver much better care as a result, so will is an enormous amount of money. whether it's $700 billion a year or 1 trillion-dollar as bush's treasury secretary says, it's a big back through the federal budget. we've got to focus on improving the quality of care and lowering the costs for everybody grab the 40% of those savings that come back to the federal government but help the private sector have lower costs through kaiser, through blue cross united. >> eliot: it's not simply pairing 9 the benefits that individual
that allows the republican party more roof to maneuver out from under the whip that grover norquist west valley cities around their ears. >> eliot: you say if we're going to confront our deficits, healthcare cost is the tough nut on this issue. how do you begin to confront that issue. >> the attack on medicare that the republicans bring is a fundamental misdiagnosis of our healthcare problem. if you look at our healthcare system across the country we're the most inefficient place in...
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the mayor stood up to introduce me. he said, i spent the afternoon talking to my treasurer figuring out how to pull our money out of fossil fuel. they made their official announcement, it will be a hideously hard fight but that fight is engaged. at least we're saying out loud what's true, that these companies are now rogue companies, and until they stop exploring for new hydrocarbons, and until they stop lobbying in washington we've really got to regard them as the source of this trouble. >> and always the bottom approach to solve problems. is it the companies who are at fault? or all of us. i'm sure you've flown around the country in a plane that uses fossil fuel. >> you answered the question yourself right there. even when we don't intend to. most of us don't care at all whether our power comes from the sun or wind or fossil fuel. in fact, we prefer that it comes from some place clean. we're not the ones making those decisions. we're not the ones spending literally billions of dollars a year in lobbying and making cam
the mayor stood up to introduce me. he said, i spent the afternoon talking to my treasurer figuring out how to pull our money out of fossil fuel. they made their official announcement, it will be a hideously hard fight but that fight is engaged. at least we're saying out loud what's true, that these companies are now rogue companies, and until they stop exploring for new hydrocarbons, and until they stop lobbying in washington we've really got to regard them as the source of this trouble....
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he is joining us from new york city. here in studio is warren feral. he is heading up an effort to create a white house council on men and boys. welcome to you both inside "the war room." >> thank you. >> thank you, jennifer. >> jennifer: you bet. michael, i want to start with you. how have cutbacks to state and local funding affected the ability to identify and treat young people who may be dealing with these very difficult social issues. >> there have been cutbacks my whole career as a child psychologist because legislatures have wanted to save money on state hospitals, and they have thrown it out to the community. it is because of the sigma of mental health, the shame associated with it. we can imagine that adam's mother wanted to get him treatment because she knew how lonely and isolated he was, and quirky, and maybe terribly disturbed, but where do you go to get help? and how do you get past your own shame of having a boy who may be mentally ill, so many of these school shooters virginia columbine, so many of them have clear diagnosable mental ill
he is joining us from new york city. here in studio is warren feral. he is heading up an effort to create a white house council on men and boys. welcome to you both inside "the war room." >> thank you. >> thank you, jennifer. >> jennifer: you bet. michael, i want to start with you. how have cutbacks to state and local funding affected the ability to identify and treat young people who may be dealing with these very difficult social issues. >> there have been...
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there are kids in this city and in every major city in the united states who are being bought and sold. yes on the internet but also by corner pimps and gangs and cartels who make a lot of money off the backs of these kids. we have a long way to go in this country talking openly about that and acknowledging young people continue to be exploited and that some boys in this country continue to think it is okay to go into the city for a night and get a hooker. a lot of times that hooker happens to be a homeless kid whose family wouldn't or couldn't take care of her. that is true tonight in this city as well. >> what is, what is does your program specifically do to help kids who are victims the sex trade? >> so the question is, what does covenant house do for kids who are victim of the sex trade? there is both what we do individually with young people and then the public policy questions that we're working to tackle. so first, the latter. we work with other ngo leaders across the country either as participants in, or state-based coalitions, improving, improving legislation that protects sur
there are kids in this city and in every major city in the united states who are being bought and sold. yes on the internet but also by corner pimps and gangs and cartels who make a lot of money off the backs of these kids. we have a long way to go in this country talking openly about that and acknowledging young people continue to be exploited and that some boys in this country continue to think it is okay to go into the city for a night and get a hooker. a lot of times that hooker happens to...
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the latest subway murder in new york city was a hate crime. they charged a 31-year-old erik menendez. she is accused of pushing a man in front of a 7 train. she says she has hated muslims since 9/11 that he thought the victim was one. the victim was from india. former president george h.w. bush is out of intensive care and improving. he is in a regular hospital room. the bushes thank everyone for their prayers. he is the oldest living former president. he has been in the hospital since november 23 to be treated for bond credits. -- bronchitis. dropping temperatures could mean icy patches on the road. >> temperatures will drop into the 20's. we will let you know what you can expect in the 7 day forecast in a moment. here's a look outside -- partly cloudy, 37 at the airport. the weather is next. >> the harlem globetrotters took to the court tonight. before every game, fans decide the rules. they cast votes on everything from playing of two balls that was to double points. tomorrow, the harlem globetrotters play at the new federal credit union or
the latest subway murder in new york city was a hate crime. they charged a 31-year-old erik menendez. she is accused of pushing a man in front of a 7 train. she says she has hated muslims since 9/11 that he thought the victim was one. the victim was from india. former president george h.w. bush is out of intensive care and improving. he is in a regular hospital room. the bushes thank everyone for their prayers. he is the oldest living former president. he has been in the hospital since november...
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it got so bad that the city took over, 'cause the city has a responsibility to protect its citizens. boston built the first modern sewer system in the united states. ours was completed between 1877 and 1884. with this wonderful new sewer system, we were taking our filth and moving it out to the ocean. of course, all of this was untreated. in the 1960s, we were still pumping all of our sewage out to moon island, untreated. we would get swimmers here, never knowing, in the middle of summer, why you would have a cold. well, we were swimming in diluted sewage. melosi: the major way to deal with pollution, at least until early into the 20th century, was through the process of dilution. the assumption was that the capacity of rivers and streams, and even the seas, allowed for certain levels of pollution that eventually would purify themself. as we get later into the 20th century, it becomes clear that the volumes of waste made dilution unworkable as a single solution. and so treatment became the ways in which we deal with pollution. narrator: to protect public health, starting in the 1950s
it got so bad that the city took over, 'cause the city has a responsibility to protect its citizens. boston built the first modern sewer system in the united states. ours was completed between 1877 and 1884. with this wonderful new sewer system, we were taking our filth and moving it out to the ocean. of course, all of this was untreated. in the 1960s, we were still pumping all of our sewage out to moon island, untreated. we would get swimmers here, never knowing, in the middle of summer, why...
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problem of gun violence in the city that he thinks the only way to think about it is to crack down on everybody's ability to acquire firearms and the district of columbia. >> host: particularly i know you get into the book and there's a lot of this in the book that deals with a concealed carry law who has the right to carry a gun and how you think that should be handled? do you talk about it -- >> guest: i think in general all gun legislation who can own guns aside from these categories we talked about before what circumstances we carry the shuttle be as local as possible. people in new york need different roles than people in new york city in montana or texas the your best able to decide what kind of rules they should have unfortunately a lot of states the gun lobby has made it possible or impossible for local jurisdictions to make their own rules. most police to have rules about shooting guns in the park and the legislature said no, we can't have any. >> guest: that is outrageous. and this thinking i think it is hysteria that produces all like that. it's not clear thinking about the
problem of gun violence in the city that he thinks the only way to think about it is to crack down on everybody's ability to acquire firearms and the district of columbia. >> host: particularly i know you get into the book and there's a lot of this in the book that deals with a concealed carry law who has the right to carry a gun and how you think that should be handled? do you talk about it -- >> guest: i think in general all gun legislation who can own guns aside from these...